Eli5 how do drugs kill someone aka how is an OD working?

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Imm not into drugs and I’m not really interested in that topic but I always wondered how drugs can kill someone. Obv I know that the organs shut down and everything but why are they shutting down specifically?

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A lot of it depends on how the drug affects the central nervous system. “Downers,” which have a relaxing effect, accomplish this by slowing down the nervous system, which in turn not only slows down the brain, but everything else as well. If it slows things down too much, they eventually just stop. Stimulants, or “uppers,” speed everything up, and can eventually get to the point where things start breaking.

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